Wedbush Weighs in on D.R. Horton’s Q4 Earnings (NYSE:DHI)

D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI) – Investment analysts at Wedbush decreased their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for D.R. Horton in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, January 21st. Wedbush analyst J. Mccanless now anticipates that the construction company will earn $3.85 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $4.49. Wedbush currently has a “Neutral” rating and a $180.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for D.R. Horton’s current full-year earnings is $13.87 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for D.R. Horton’s Q1 2026 earnings at $2.46 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.58 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $4.32 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $13.27 EPS.

DHI has been the subject of a number of other research reports. JMP Securities reissued a “market outperform” rating and set a $210.00 target price on shares of D.R. Horton in a research note on Wednesday. StockNews.com upgraded D.R. Horton from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday. Royal Bank of Canada restated an “underperform” rating and issued a $125.00 target price on shares of D.R. Horton in a research report on Wednesday. Barclays dropped their price target on D.R. Horton from $150.00 to $145.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Citigroup decreased their price objective on D.R. Horton from $185.00 to $152.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 6th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $174.53.

D.R. Horton Price Performance

Shares of NYSE DHI opened at $142.98 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a current ratio of 6.92. The firm has a market cap of $45.87 billion, a PE ratio of 10.10, a PEG ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 1.75. D.R. Horton has a one year low of $133.02 and a one year high of $199.85. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $150.44 and a 200 day moving average of $168.84.

D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 21st. The construction company reported $2.61 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.37 by $0.24. The company had revenue of $7.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7,120,170 billion. D.R. Horton had a return on equity of 18.48% and a net margin of 12.69%. D.R. Horton’s quarterly revenue was down 1.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.82 earnings per share.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of DHI. Mountaineer Partners Management LLC purchased a new stake in D.R. Horton during the third quarter worth about $1,853,178,000. FMR LLC lifted its holdings in D.R. Horton by 44.7% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 7,906,129 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $1,508,252,000 after buying an additional 2,442,581 shares in the last quarter. Zurich Insurance Group Ltd FI purchased a new position in D.R. Horton in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $72,672,000. Nordea Investment Management AB increased its position in shares of D.R. Horton by 112.7% during the fourth quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 407,512 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $57,255,000 after acquiring an additional 215,947 shares during the period. Finally, KBC Group NV raised its stake in shares of D.R. Horton by 360.0% in the third quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 271,038 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $51,706,000 after acquiring an additional 212,112 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.63% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at D.R. Horton

In other news, Director Barbara K. Allen sold 5,650 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $163.10, for a total value of $921,515.00. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Insiders own 0.54% of the company’s stock.

D.R. Horton Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 7th will be paid a $0.40 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 7th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.12%. D.R. Horton’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 11.31%.

About D.R. Horton

D.R. Horton, Inc operates as a homebuilding company in East, North, Southeast, South Central, Southwest, and Northwest regions in the United States. It engages in the acquisition and development of land; and construction and sale of residential homes in 118 markets across 33 states under the names of D.R.